[sdiy] mis-soldered IC....

[Dave Leigh]

I second what old crow said, once you start using a desoldering pump, you
cant go back!!! Got a pace pump at work, a lot of the time if we need a
chip, we will just remove another chip out of a junked board!!!!

Or do what has been said, - cut thechip out, remove all the legs, then use
the solder sucker. Heat one side of the board with the iron, and suck from
the other side with the sucker..

Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "The Old Crow" <oldcrow at oldcrows.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] mis-soldered IC....


> On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, harry wrote:
>
> > I've had better success with solder-wick... especially on dip and sip
> > packages. MANY years ago I was a repair tech, unsoldering a maybe
> > 100 pin slide switch with a solder bulb.  The other tech laughed and
then
> > turned me on to solder-wick desoldering braid.
>
>   While overkill for one chip, I could not function without this thing:
>
> http://www.howardelectronics.com/den-on/sc7000.html
>
>   It is *the best* soldering rework tool I ever got.  Expensive, yes, but
> worth it.
>
>   Otherwise, solder wick is the way to go.  I like the "Soder[sic]-Wick"
> brand, myself.
>
> Crow
> /**/
>